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Re: [Mellotronists] 'tron on "Up"

2003-04-11 by bob.snyder

Andy's review says:

> there are, bizarrely, three tracks of Mellotron and one of Chamberlin 
> to be heard here. 'The Barry Williams Show', 'My Head Sounds Like 
> That' and 'Signal to Noise' all have Pete on 'Tron, and 'More than 
> This' has the inimitable Jon Brion on Chamberlin


Andy (or anyone),

So what am I hearing on Growing Up? Sure sounds like chamberlin cello. 
(definitely audible).

Bob S.


Andy Thompson wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: bob.snyder [mailto:bob.snyder@...]
>Sent: 11 April 2003 03:58
>To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] 'tron on "Up"
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>Ken Leonard wrote:
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>>I don't recall seeing Peter Gabriel's "Up" mentioned here as a somewhat
>>recent album containing Mellotron.  He's credited on 3 tracks with it,
>>including "The Barry Williams Show" which I've heard on the radio.  At best
>>it's incidental/buried, not a lot of it, haven't really heard it yet 'cept
>>maybe for some flutes on "My Head Sounds Like That" (still listening,
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>though).
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>Listen to 'Growing Up'. Its not credited (except maybe as 'sample
>keys'), but there's  some very clear tron (or chamberlin) cello on the
>intro and in other spots.
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>I reviewed this earlier this year
>(http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/reviewsg.htm#gabriel), coming to
>the conclusion that "Er, I couldn't hear it!". If it wasn't for the
>inimitable Jon Brion's Chamberlin, I'd assume that it was more a figure of
>speech than the real thing.
>
>Andy T.
>M400 #1145
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>'The Ultimate Mellotron Recordings List (Possibly)'
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>http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/
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